Main Street in Ione is expecting a face lift in May according to Mayor Jerry Sherman. Cal Trans will be doing a series of improvements on Main Street that begin at the Preston Avenue Bridge and continue down Main Street to Hwy. 104. Cal Trans will make upgrades to the drainage as well as making improvements to the street. Mayor Sherman said that while Cal Trans reported that they would begin the upgrades sometime in May he has yet to have them nail down an exact date. “I just hope it’s not in the 2nd weekend of May,” he said as it is the weekend of Ione’s Homecoming. He said this year’s Homecoming event will be bigger and better as railroad speeders from all over Northern California, Nevada and Arizona will attend. He also said that a trolley car will run the tracks. Sherman said they even hope to allow people the opportunity of riding in the speeders, but only if all the insurance issues are worked out.